Validity of the Perceived Health Competence Scale in a UK primary care setting

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Dempster, Martin ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health related behaviour; Questionnaire validation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED HEALTH COMPETENCE SCALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 36849057695     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701351984     Document Type: Article

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